Machine Learning Job Trends in Bolton

Machine Learning (ML)
Manchester > Bolton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bolton requiring Machine Learning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 29 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Permanent jobs citing Machine Learning 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bolton 1.09% 0.81% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 1.02% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% - -
Manchester median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,066
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.58% +0.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bolton

Machine Learning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bolton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 68 98 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 73.91% 79.67% 98.00%
Number of salaries quoted 49 55 37
10th Percentile £32,200 £25,317 £28,900
25th Percentile £33,250 £30,000 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £69,500 £70,900 £64,150
Manchester median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.27% -8.33% +9.09%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Machine Learning relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bolton.

Machine Learning job vacancy trend in Bolton

Machine Learning
Salary Trend in Bolton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing Machine Learning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing Machine Learning

Machine Learning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bolton by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Scientist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Data Extraction
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cognos